3-Point Hitch Lower link / lift arms on Kubota B7800

[yatesfire]

I have a on going issue with the length of the lower lift arms. The distance between main swivel holes is 24". I have added Pats quick connect which puts the center to center distance at 27". I purchased a tiller several years ago, and had to shorten the drive shaft to be very short, with little room for overlap. It finally split the drive shaft, as there was little overlap inside of the shaft. I purchased a new 60" tiller, hoping that it would have more clearance between the tiller and the PTO, but find I that still need to shorten the shaft to be very short, which worries me. The specs say that there needs to be at least 6" overlap, but if I have to shorten the shaft, I would end up with less than that.

I have been shopping for longer lift arms, but not sure if there is any issue with using longer arms. Has anyone else had this problem, an if so, how did you deal with it. Also, maybe a good source for longer lift arms.

Thank you for any advice

 

[Henro]

Hi,

I can't help you with the longer arm question, but I wonder if you could modify the tiller so the attachment point was further in front of where it is now? Doing so would have the same effect as lengthening the lift arms.

In the past I remember reading that standard B7800 lift arms were pretty expensive, if you needed to replace one for some reason. Modifying your tiller may be the cheapest option if it is possible to do that.

Just a thought...